Nailing-machine.



H. W. MORGAN.

NAILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1913.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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H. W. MORGAN. RAILING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19 1913.

Patented Mar. 23,1915.

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HENRY W. MORGAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEVJ-YORK.

' NAILING-MAGHINE.

srecification of Letters Patent I Patcntedltiar. 23, 1915.

7 Application filed. November 19, 1313. Serial No. 801,768.

7 tion of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in nailing machinery with particular reference to machines for nailing boxes, and it has for its object to provide an improved and novel arrangement of parts designed for driving nails in a direction at an angle to the perpendicular, different nails being driven in opposite directions at the same angle whereby to hold the parts of the box together more securely.

A further object of my invention consists in the provision of an apparatus that is characterized by great efficiency and can be built as cheaply as other machines of the same general type. p

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of a diagonal nailing machine constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 -1 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In the embodiment of the invention with which I have illustrated my improvements,

1 designates the main frame upon which is arranged the work support 2, the work or box being designated generally at 3.

1 is an adjustable work gage which may be of the usual type employed generally in box nailing machinery, and the parts that I have thus far described-constitute no part of my present invention.

The frame 1 carries extensions 5 upon which is mounted a support 6 for the nailing chucks, said support being slotted as at 7 so that the nailing chucks, which are desbearings. The rollers 17 engage in the ignated at 8 may be adjusted longitudinally of the support.

9' are nail conducting tubes communicatingwith the chucks '8, and leading from a suitable nail hopper, as usual in machines of'this character. The nailing chucks are arranged on the support at an angle to-the perpendicular as shown in Fig.1, and there are preferably a plurality of sets of chucks,

those of oneset being inclined in the opposite direction from those of the other set,

whereby the nails will be driven into aside of the box inopposite directions at angles to the perpendicular. In the present embodiment I have shown two such sets of. chucks, there being four in each set, although this particular feature may be varied without departing from the essential characteristics of my invention.

The nail hammers or plungers are mounted, in a manner which will now be described, on a reciprocating cross head 10 provided with lugs 11, to which is attached a connecting rod 12, the latter being operated in any suitable manner to effect a vertical u o'and down movement of the cross head. Thecross head 10 is provided with a pair of slides 11 which preferably have a tongue and groove connection with the cross head as shown in Fig. 3, and are slidable thereon. The slides 11 carry the hammers or plungers 12 which cooperate with the nailing chucks. and as the cross head moves down, the slides are adapted to be moved inwardly toward each other, so as to maintain the proper relation at all times between the hammers and the chucks.

13 are lubricating openings leading to the ways in which the slides 11 travel on the cross head. v

Lateral movement of the slides 11 may be obtained in any convenient manner, and I prefer to effect this by providing stationary cam guides or diagonalwavs 14 which are formed by tracks 15 carried by the frame 1.

, The inclination of the ways 14 corresponds to the angle at which the nail chucks are disposed, and the slides 11 carry suitable means thatengage with said ways 14, and

slides as they are carried up and down with the cross head. This I preferably obtain by arranging pins or bearings 16 on the slides and supporting friction rollers 17 upon said thereby impart lateral 'movement to the Ways 14 and reduce the friction to a minimum, While imparting the desired lateral movement to the slides, thus securing a double motion for the hammers, as they engage and disengage the nail chucks.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a nailing machine, the combination With a plurality of nailing chucks angularly disposed on a support, of a vertically movable cross head, a slide engaged throughout its length with the cross head and horizontally movable on the cross head, a series of hammers mounted on said slide, and means formoving said slide horizontally during the vertical movement of the cross head.

2. In a nailing machine, the combination with a plurality of sets of nailing chucks angularly disposed on a support, of a vertically movable cross head, a plurality of slides engaged throughout their length with the cross head and horizontally movable on the cross head, stationary cam guides, projections on the slides cooperating with said guides, and a series of hammers mounted on the slides.

3. In a nailing machine, the combination With a plurality of oppositely disposed sets of nailing chucks angularly disposed on a support, of a vertically movable cross head, slides engaged throughout their length With the cross head and horizontally movable on the cross head, stationary guides, antifriction rollers carried by the slides and in engagement With said guides, and a series of hammers mounted on the slides.

A. F. ROSE, RUssELL B. GRIFFITH.

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